mtop failed to install: "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket"

[Daniel Bair]

Binary package hint: mtop

install from synaptic package manager.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: mtop 0.6.6-1.2
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mtop
Title: package mtop 0.6.6-1.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-5-generic i686

Error Message
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Setting up mtop (0.6.6-1.2) ...
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
dpkg: error processing mtop (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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